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01. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Spanish Bee
02. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - It Girl
03. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - 13
04. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Ballad of Jim Jones
05. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Those Memories
06. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Stars
07. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Free and Easy, Take 2
08. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Down
09. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - 'Cause I Love Her
10. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Too Crazy to Care
11. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Talk-Action=Shit
12. THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - True Love
ARTIST
TITLE
Thank God for Mental Illness
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
AUK 007LP AUK 007LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/4/2015

2023 repress; available on 180-gram vinyl (no longer comes with download code). This the first time that this title has been available on vinyl. At the risk of belaboring a rather obvious point, with Thank God for Mental Illness, their third collection of absolutely stunning music to be released in 1996, The Brian Jonestown Massacre parallels the prolific and effortless brilliance of The Rolling Stones at their fevered late-1960s peak; the sheer scope of their achievements is stunning -- rarely are bands quite so productive, or quite so consistently amazing. Thank God is The BJM's down-and-dirty country-blues outing, all 12-odd tracks supposedly recorded on a single July day at a cost of just $17.36. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist and singer Anton Newcombe. Since 1995, The Brian Jonestown Massacre has released numerous albums, first for Bomp!, the label that gave them their start, and later for TVT and Tee Pee. The BJM has been essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many LA and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, including Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Originally, Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase -- the band's name combines the name of Stones founder Brian Jones with a reference to cult leader Jim Jones -- but his work in the 2000s has expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegaze genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music.